March 18, 2015—In what is thought to be an industry first, Armstrong Fluid Technology has announced a Savings Guarantee Program for its chiller plant optimization systems (Design Envelope Integrated Plant Control (IPC) 11550 and Opti-Visor).
The essence of the offer is that Armstrong will guarantee the savings on its plant optimization programs for a period of one year following the commissioning. Should there be a shortfall in savings in the first year, Armstrong will reimburse the customer for three times the difference.
The savings guarantee is based on an initial energy analysis and then an energy baseline study that determines the current operating results for the building. Armstrong then prepares a proposal including the Savings Guarantee and baseline conditions. If at the end of the first year of operation the guaranteed savings are not realized, Armstrong will issue the customer a check for three times the difference between the actual and guaranteed savings levels.
Another important aspect of the program is that Armstrong does not keep any of the savings, should the savings be greater than estimated—all the energy cost savings are retained by the customers, so the better the systems perform, the more savings they realize. The company points out that some of its optimization installations are saving facilities managers as much as 50 percent on their chilled water costs.
Armstrong Fluid Technology is an innovator in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of integrated solutions within the building-oriented fluid-flow equipment industry, with more than 1,000 employees worldwide operating seven manufacturing facilities on three continents.
